Self sealing and addressing bill-head.



E. F. ANDRES.

SELF SEALING AND ADDRESSING B-ILL` HEAD.

APPLlcATloN FILED sEPT. 21. 1914.

1,244,161. Patented oet. 23,1917.

OIMBEL BROS ADVERTISEMENT MILWHIIKEE W15.

MILWAUKEE W 7 /pM/A SMS? @me EDGAR F.; ANDRES, 'or ivriizvviininn, wisconsin] To all lwhom t may concern: 1-

,Be it knownthat I, EDGAR F. ANDRES, a citizen of the United States and resident of Milwaukee, in thecountybf Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have inventednew and useful Improvements yin :Self `Sealing and Addressing 'Bill-Heads, 1 of which the; following is a description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, whichiare-a part of'this specification i t t This invention has `forlits 4object ,toy provide a bill head orthe likewh'ich-.niay be folded to effectively. conceal the written mat'- ter while leaving the name'and address of` the addressee exposed to constitute the inailingdirections and thus obvi-'ating lthe-necessity for a separately addressed .incl'osing envelop. i

Another'object of-v the inventionis to providesuch self addressing bill head withan advertising portion kformed integral therewith' but 'detachable .therefrom andf serving to Aconceal the written matter of the billhead when folded toits mailing form.l

Withfthe above andother objectsin View the invention consists in thev self addressing andsealing bill head as herein claimedand all e4 uivalents. l .f f

Re erring to lthe accompanying drawings in which-like characters of reference lindicate thesame parts in different views'. v ,.Figure 1 is a view of aself addressing lbill head -exemplifying this invention, the 'singlet sheet forming the bill head .being'spread out tothe `open form in which it is produced as a blank.

Fig. 6 is a similar view thereof after thevt sealing flap has been folded and attached to the back of the folded bill head and the device is ready for mailing; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the plane of line 7-7 through the folded and sealed bill head as shown in Fig. 6.

In these drawings 10 indicates a bill head Specification of Iiettiersi'l?latent.'V I

sELFsEALING 'AND Anpnnssineisinnnnen.

fatentaoaae', 1917.,

Application filed September 21',` l1914.l Serial No. 8625658; -v fi proper which is madein, one sheet withy a protecting flap ll'joined therewith along a line of perforations12 to permitoftheir being readilytorn .apartwhenv the lbill reaches the addressee'.` l The protectingl flap 1l ',may be ofsubstgantiallythe same size as f i the bill head proper butis preferably some- .what shorterin vertical measurement, so as .to-'leavewthe upper end ofk the vbill head `properl containing the name and address of Athe addressee uncovered when the protecting f flap isrfoldedalong the line ofperforations posed space. kof the bill head proper preferablyalso-containing a vprintedcard of the addressor'as postaly directions for the return of the articlev in the event of failure', of delivery ytov the addressee. v,The protecting flap 11is preferably of; suchfa size that when it isp-'foldedl overvtheebill head proper in this `manner itv covers all of the written matter on the -billhead.withthelexception of the name and address ofthefaddressee.. v

The billvhead .proper and thel protecting flap 11 are provided nearl their outer with verticalcreases or fold lines 13 which they `areadapted. to be foldedl rearwardly after the protecting fflap rhas been foldedzlover the bill ,head proper andv thus 4present-v .vthe' appearance). shown in Fig. 3.

edges along They are also provided with a pair of hori- Zontalcreasesor fold lines v14n and l5 respectively along which they are folded rear- \vardly,an,d.upwardly iirstv along the fold line' 14E; topresent the appearance -shown in Fig. l and theny'along the fold line 15 to i .presentfthe appearance shown in Fig. 5.

.The bill head proper at its upper edge has aV sealing-.flap v16 extending from the fold line `1.3.to the inner edge-of `fthe bill head proper and thi-s sealingflap lis preferably provided y `with anadhesive onitsrear surface so that when the`devic'e is folded'as described and as vshown i:in Fig. 5 itis only necessary to mois# lten-the sealing flap. 16'.v and foldr it rearwardly.` along aline. of lperforations 17 .between the sealing flap and the bill head lproper andby thus causing said sealing-flap to adhere to the back of the folded device the bill head is securelysealed in its folded condition and presents the appearance as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and is ready for mailing. y

The name and address of the addressee as appearing in the upper part of the bill head is the only portion of the written matter visible in the final sealed condition ofthe device and constitutes ytlienrnailing `,directions, all of the edges'ofthe bill headp'roper being protected againstjnspection ofvthe v written matter by the ioldsA or" the protectihg I ythe bill head'proper/alon'g the line of 'pertoi-'ations l2 and the bill lieadwill then be of the ordinary rectangular shape for filing lor use in the usualmanner.

The bill head of this invention While consisting oi' a single sheet ofpaper and utilizing the address of the -billheald as the Inailing :address `lorthe sealed deviceislnotsubject to objection on the ground that its contents may be read as it' is sentthrou'ghthe mails for vevery part of the billhead containing written matter y of a private nature isf securely sealed against inspectionbythe folding-off the protecting flap so that it'covers the front andthe rear ofthe'sea'led device aswell as inclosing the edgesfof the bill head. It is obvious thattlie bill head'may be made longer or shorter and that'i'f desired its lower edge may'terminate along the line lll and still the -protect'ingifeatureof theprotecting Hap ll remains effectivefor eoncealiiig the lbill head from inspection.'

'llhebill head of `this invention is highly desirable by reason off its simplicity, obviating ythe necessity for addressing a'ninclofsing envelop and: onlyl requiring a folding land sea-ling operation to complete it readyV for mailing. j I

lhat l claim as new and desiretos'ecure byLeti-ers Patent isz.` Y

l. itself-sealing andaddressing bill head, comprising a bill head proper containing @a suitably ,indicated `'space for thefname 'and address of the addressee and a suitably indicated spacefor the writterritems oi' nthe bill with a horizontalfeldline betweensaid spaces and a vertical foldline through the space for the written items ofthe bill, Aand a. protecting.flap formedin the samey sheet therewithwith theyertical fold lineth'eres between adapted-t0 be folded thereon`=and `sealed thereto, said protecting flap being shorter than. the bill head proper so as'ft'o 'eX- Aportion of theibill head proper which contains the name and address of the Ea'ddressee,"said bill head proper and protecllg flap bcingvfolded along the fold lines `to`prevent'inspection4 of the items of the bill. i 2f Sxclzfksealing and addressing bill head, comprising a bill head proper'cntaininga suitably indicated space for the name and address of the addressee and a suitably indicated space for the VYwritten items of'thebill, a protectingflap adjoining one' edge thereoil and 'adapted to be' Jfolded 'over the written portion 'ofi the bill liea'd proper, l suchy protecting liap being shorter than the -bill'headeproper to expose thename'andaddress on the bill headproperas the'mailitng address of the bill head, said bill 'head'proper and`protecting! flap being'ga'daptetl to beolded together, and a sealing flap.attheiupperledge ofthe bill" head proper Y adapted to be "folded over the edgelof`the-folded bill headl properan'd the' protecting Hap' fonsealing the 'bill'head against inspection.

3. A self:sea-lingI and a'dfdre'ssingbill head, comprisingv a` bill head 'proper` having Aspace for'the name and: address ofthe addressee'at the upper part thereof and Yspace for the Writtenitemsoithejbill, La protecting lflap adjoining the vbill head Iproper along the edgethereof with a linevoi' perforations therebetween, :said protecting` flap ybeing adapted to be folded alongtheperjforated line to coverthejvritte'n matter on the'bill head propernfa'nd'beingof such a size 'as to leave eXlposed the space for containing the name fand address of the"addressee,"there being vertical fold lines near the outer] edges tof the billghead proper andthe protecting copies of this' patent maj-be obtained for ye cents e'acm by 'addressingA the` Commissioner bfiPf-itentfz Washiugtcn, n. c. 

